Biomass - the amount of living
matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat .
Renewable energy .
Available throughout the world .
Biomass is very cheap .
Can't be depleted .
Biomass can be converted into other usable forms of energy .
Biomass can reduce our dependence on foreign oil .
Low in Sulphur which reduces the production of acid rain .
Biomass is abundant , there is a lot of it .
Biomass energy doesn't release a lot of CO2 ( Carbon Dioxide ) .
Biomass reduces the use of landfills .
Reduces Methane in the atmosphere .
Examples of Biomass
Wood
This is a truck dumping sawdust ( which is an example of biomass ) .
Trees
Shrubs
Wood Residue
( Sawdust , bark , etc . from forest clearings and mills )
Wastes
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
( Paper , food and yard wastes , plastics , wood , and tires )
Livestock Waste
Process Waste
Sewage
Crops grown because manure was used ( Waste ; Livestock waste ) .
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Biomass - the amount of livingmatter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat .
Examples of Biomass
Wood
This is a truck dumping sawdust ( which is an example of biomass ) .
( Sawdust , bark , etc . from forest clearings and mills )
Wastes
( Paper , food and yard wastes , plastics , wood , and tires )
Crops
( Corn , wheat , and barley )
( Cane and beet )
( Grasses , alfalfa , and clover )
( soybean , sunflower , safflower )
Ocean Plants
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